hints from internet pros needed

Hi Frank,
What I would recommend to you is this. Start off your own business first as a freelancer or small design business helping companies to develop multilingual web site. By doing that, you will get to explore more about what it takes to be your own boss. That way you will get freedom and money. It may not be a lot of money at the beginning but slowly you will grow your customer base.

For your issue #2, you should definitely get a professional legal expert. However if you don't want to pay, you may consider bartering. Use your web skill to exchange for legal advice with a good lawyer for example.

For your issue #3, do some net search on google.com using the key word 'Free hosting', I can guarantee you will get a ton of those.

Hope this all help.

Anne Kwong
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> Hello!

> I am an experienced multilingual (English,
> Japanese) french Web
> Designer/Programmer
> (HTML/Javascript/PHP/mySql) and Site
> Administrator
> and I would like to try to start my own
> e-commerce web site instead
> of building big web sites for others for a
> not so big salary.

> In fact, to tell things honestly, my goal is
> to build a web site that would allow
> me to earn enough money while traveling in
> Asia/Oceania/Japan without having
> to search for employers and to get stuck in
> an office for years.
> This web site would be automated enough,
> thus making possible to monitor
> it from any remote location once a day for
> example.
> The easiest idea would be to sell a service
> I guess.
> To make it short, I would like to use my
> skills to get freedom and money
> at the same time. I don't intend to become
> rich though.

> But, because I spend all my time solving
> coding and design problems, I can't get
> the grip on issue related to real life,
> that's why there are too many questions
> I keep asking myself scratching my head:

> 1 |--> Ways of making money:
> First, instead of selling a service, are
> there other ways to make money with
> Internet? I've been told that banners don't
> bring enough cash and that they
> are not cost-effective. Is that true? How
> much traffic (hits per days) I would need
> to make it worthable?

> 2 |--> Business laws/financial issue:
> How can I get the money without the hassle
> of creating a company (far too complex in
> France) and without being charged too much
> taxes (taxes charges are crazy in France)?
> To put it clearly, I would like to open a
> web site, a bank account and to have the
> right to put in
> money received from my custommers legally
> and without any hassle at all.
> I am sure there are options I don't know
> about.
> If you are reading this and if you know one
> of the answers to those questions, please
> feel free to share your knowledge with me
> and the next readers of this message.

> 3 |--> Other technical issue.
> Also I am wondering if there are hosting
> services cheaper than Verio that can provide
> PHP4/Mysql connectivity and sufficient disk
> space as well.
> If you have a name in mind, please drop me a
> line.

> In advance, thank you very much to the ones
> who will spend a little bit of their time
> to give hints or advice.

> Any business/career opportunities are
> welcome too!

> Have a good day.
> Thank you for your understanding.

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